Pastry Chef & Drink Expert

**About Us** Oh Matcha is Qatar’s first and biggest matcha brand. We supply matcha to cafés, hotels, and restaurants across Qatar and the GCC, sell in Monoprix stores, and run our own café menu. We want to become the top matcha brand in the region, and we need a creative drink maker to help us grow our menu. **About the Job** We are looking for an experienced pastry chef or drink maker to help create and manage our seasonal drink menu. You should be able to work well on your own, follow instructions carefully, and also come up with new ideas. What You Will Do * Make drinks exactly as instructed — Follow our recipes carefully so every drink tastes and looks the same every time. * Create new drinks each season — Before each new season, make trial drinks (like new syrups, new “clouds”/foams, and new drink ideas) for us to taste and choose from. * Bring new ideas — Suggest new syrup flavors, new foam/cloud recipes, and other trending drink ideas — even from outside the matcha world, like coffee. * Make drinks look good — Have a good eye for presentation. Drinks should look cute, clean, and “Instagram\-worthy,” not just taste good. * Calculate drink costs — Work out how much each drink costs to make (ingredients, portions, etc.) * Train our staff — Teach small groups of our team how to make new recipes correctly. * Work independently — Manage your own time and process for creating new recipes, with light guidance from us. * Make simple desserts on occasion, prepare small batches of simple desserts (e.g. matcha cookies). What We Are Looking For * Solid, hands\-on experience as a pastry chef or drink maker (matcha, tea, or coffee experience is welcome) * Able to follow recipes exactly, and also create your own * Experience making syrups, foams/clouds, or similar drink components * A good eye for how drinks look, not just how they taste * Able to calculate the cost of a recipe * Comfortable working independently * Comfortable training other staff members Nice to Have * Experience in a specialty coffee or tea shop * Experience in a growing food \& beverage brand * Knowledge of the Doha/Qatar café market How We Will Choose **Only serious applicants will be considered.** **If you are shortlisted, we will invite you to our office to make 3 drinks for us to try. You will also give us the cost of each drink so we can see how well you calculate costs. All ingredient costs for this trial will be paid back to you.** Pay: QAR2,800\.00 \- QAR3,100\.00 per month Work Location: In person